Table 3 shows the number of lung cancer deaths per daily number of cigarettes smoked at the time of completing the 1951 questionnaire (only for male physicians who were nonsmokers and current smokers). The number of cigarettes smoked was available for 136 of the people who died of lung cancer. Number of cigarettes Deaths 3 22 54 57 Person-years 42800 38600 38900 0. 1-14 15-24 +24 25100 a) Estimate the appropriate measure of association and 95% confidence interval for each category of number of cigarettes smoked daily, using the group of non-smokers as the reference category. b) What can be inferred about the estimated measure of association in the different categories
Table 3 shows the number of lung cancer deaths per daily number of cigarettes smoked at the time of completing the 1951 questionnaire (only for male physicians who were nonsmokers and current smokers). The number of cigarettes smoked was available for 136 of the people who died of lung cancer. Number of cigarettes Deaths 3 22 54 57 Person-years 42800 38600 38900 0. 1-14 15-24 +24 25100 a) Estimate the appropriate measure of association and 95% confidence interval for each category of number of cigarettes smoked daily, using the group of non-smokers as the reference category. b) What can be inferred about the estimated measure of association in the different categories
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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data
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